Saudi Arabia Pays For Room At Trump's DC Hotel: Report

WASHINGTON, DC — A bombshell report claims that a lobbying firm working on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia paid for a room at the Trump International Hotel in D.C. after Inauguration Day, which would be the first known payment by a foreign government at a Trump property after he had been sworn in as president.

Politico reports that Qorvis MSLGroup, which is a communications firm that works for the Saudi government, paid for people to stay at the Trump International Hotel in December and January.

The firm has been trying to get Congress to repeal a law allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. Most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi.

Between 20 and 40 people stayed at the hotel, but one checked in on Jan. 23 and left Jan. 26, according to the Politico report.

Trump has come under criticism for refusing to fully divest from his properties, prompting lawsuits claiming that he is violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, which prohibits U.S. officials from receiving payments from foreign governments. The individual's stay at the hotel after Trump was sworn in as president has raised the spectre of a violation of that clause.

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